Window.



H. C. SMITH.

WINDOW.

PATENTED NOV. 2l, 1905.

APPLIOATION FILED JULY 3. 1903. I

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' PATENTED NOV. 21, 1905. H. C. SMITH.

WINDOW.

APPLIUATION FILED JULY 3. 1903.

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WINDOW.

APPLIUATION FILED JULY 3, 1903.

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Specification of LettersI Patent.

Patented Nov. 21, 1905.

Application filed Ju1y8,1903. Serial No. 164,252.

To all who'm, it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY C. SMITH, a citizen of the UnitedStates,residing in New York, in the county of New York and State of New v.York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Windows, vofWhich the fol- 1 vlowing is a specification.

This invention relates to windows and sashes, particularly those ofiireproof sheet-metal boxworkconstruction; andits objects are to-improve the construction of the Windowframe; to facilitate assemblingthe frame and sashes; to enable free access to the interior ofl theframe; to render the sash-guiding portions of the frame more rigid, soas to m1n1m1ze liability of warping thereof and consequent binding ofthe sash; to provide improved-' means for hanging and swlvelmg thesashes with a view to facilitating the release of the 2o sashes'frornthe Window-frame, so that they may swivel, particularly with a view tosupport either sash when swiveled at any height to which it maybe'raised in the window.

Further objects are to improve various details, as will hereinafterappear.

In the drawings forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a view,partly broken away, of one form of window made in accordance with mypresent improvements. Fig. 2 is a vertical section thereof. Fig. 3 is ahorizontal sectional view taken through the upper sash and showing oneform of detachable facing for the stile of the window-frame. Fig. 4 is afragmentary sectional front view of one side of the sash,` showing itstrunnion, a link upon which said trunnion is hung, and a prop carried bysaid link for supporting the sash when swiveled. Fig. 5 is a side viewof the link seen at Fig. 4. Fig. ,6 shows means whereby a sash-guidingtongue is locked in normal position and may be `retracted when it isdesired to cant the window. Fig. 7 is a horizontal section through thestile of the window-frame, showing my preferred form of detachablefacing for said stile. ig. 8 is a fragmentary side elevation of theupper part of the stile seen in Fig. 7. Fig. 9 illustrates in dottedlines an overbalanced sash canted and supported by a prop, the normalposition of the sash being shown in full lines. Fig. .in is a bottomview of the lower bar of a sash, showing one end thereof, the other endbeing of like construction.

In the several views like parts are indicated by like signs.

As the parts at each side of the windowgmay be duplicates, only thoseat'the left-hand side of the window are illustrated; but it will beunderstood that the following description applies to the parts at Ibothsides ofthe window.

The window-frame, which is illustrated as of sheet-metal boxwork of thefireproof variety, comprises a sillA 1, a head 2, and vertical Stilesextending from the sill to the head. The silland head may be of anysuitable construction. Each stile consists of a backlwall 3, a frontwall 4, an outer side wall 5, and an inner side wall or facing 6, thewhole forming a box-like structure. preferably formed from a singlepiece of metal, and the inner side wall or facing 6 preferably consistsof a single piece of metal, which is detachably mounted in thewindowframe. At Fig. 3 it will be seen that the back and front walls 3and 4 are bent refiexly along their inner edges, as at 7 and 8, to formver- The walls?, 4, and 5 are tical grooves or recesses 9. and 10, whilethe Vertical side edges of the facing 6 are bent at right angles to formanges 11 and 12, which fit closely within said grooves f or recesses. AtFig. 7, which shows the preferred construction, the edges of the backand front Walls 3-and 4 are bent toward each other, as at '13 and 14, tomeet the facing 6. which is at this view narrower than the stile.

rThe walls 15 and 16 of recesses 9 are projected up through the floor 17of the head 2, Fig. 8, to form fastening-ears 18 and 1,9, which are bentover upon said Hoor, while the flanges 11 and l2 of the facing areextended upwardly to form lugsv20, which project through the tioor ofthe head between said ears 18 and said ears 19, thereby securing saidfacing directly to the head and making it possible to detach the facingreadily by simply swinging out the lower end thereof and drawing thelugs 20 down from the head. Said facing, which, it will be seen, extendsfrom the head to the sill, may be secured to the latter by screws 21,Fig. 7, passing through ears 22, which are bent ont from the bottoms ofthe faces and lie within vertical grooves 23 and 24, formed therein, sothat by taking out the ,screws the facing may be readily slipped out theedges of the stiles is of great advantage,

serving to prevent the liability of loosening of the facing andstiffening the entire structure.

The grooves 23 and 24, above referred to, receive, the; weight-chains 25and 26 of the IOO IIO

.prior structures.

lower and upper sashes, respectively, said chains being indicateddiagrammatically at Fig. 1 and running over pulleys 27 and beingconnected, respectively, to counterbalancingweights 28 and 29, whichhang within the stile, as best seen at Fig. 3. Said grooves 23 and 24are of suflicient capacity to admit trunnions 30 and 31, which projectfrom the sashes at pointssomewhat above the middle of each sash, saidtrunnions being provided with heads 32 and 33. Between saidtrunnion-grooves 2,3 and 24 the detachable stile-facing is formed withvertical groove members 34 and 35 for receiving sash-guiding tongues 36and 37, the latter being provided upon the sides of each sash andextending substantially the entire length thereof. Between said groovemembers 34 and 35 and about midway of its width said stile-facing isprovided with an inwardlyprojecting reflex bend forming a rib 38, which,as seen clearly at Fig. 3, divides the interior of the stile into twochambers or forms a partition between the counterbalancing-weights 28and 29. It will he seen that when the facing is removed the rib is takenwith it, `thus leaving the interior of the stile entirely clear, whichis a great advantage, since it renders the weights, chains, pulleys, andany other interior parts much more accessible than in Moreover, thepartition forms a stiffening-rib 38 for the facing, rendering the latterextremely rigid throughout, and since this facing serves as a guide forthe sashes it will be understood its stiffness is a matter ofimportance, since it is desirable that the sash-guiding tongues or otherguides match closely the guideways of the facing without liability ofbinding, which is liable to occur when the facing has not sufficientrigidity. Said stiffening-rib preferably extends the length of thefacing 6. Upon each stile-facing I also preferably provide areinforcing-plate 39, extending, preferably, for its entire length andformed at its vertical edge portions with grooves 40 and 41, whichconstitute linings for the groove members 34 and 35 in the facing andtake the wear of the sash-guiding members 36 and 37, as seen at Figs. 3and 7. The groove portions of these strips form stiEening-ribs, so thatthe strips add to the rigidity of the detachable facings, while theadjoining groove-walls 42 and 43 of the strip cooperate to form a claspwhich embraces the reflexly-bent portion 38 of the facing, so as toprevent opening of said bend, the portion of the strip 39 between saidwalls 42 and 43 covering said reiiex portion 38 of the facing.

Referring now to the sashes, each of the tongues 36 and 37 is providedwith upper and lower diagonal slots 44 and 45, which engage guiding-pins46 and 47, fixed in the sash-Stiles, so that the tongues, which normallyprotrude from the sash-Stiles, may beretracted by a diagonal movement toenable the sash to 50, .preferably in the form of a hole, and the trapis connected by a link 51 to the tongue, the pivots 52 and 53 of thelink normally standing one above the other, so that the link maysupportv or lock the tongue in normal position, as seen at Fig. 6. Inregister with the finger-hold 50 the fioor of the lower-sash rail isprovided with a long slot 54, through which the finger may be insertedto slide the trap 49 off from the opening 48 and through the link 51 todraw down the tongue. Said trunnions 30 and 31 are preferably insertedin keyhole-slots 55, formed in links 56, hung upon the chains 25 and 26,the necks of the trunnions hanging in the contracted portions of theslots and the enlarged portions of the slots being of sufficient size topermit insertion and withdrawal of the trunnion-heads, so that the sashmay be readily placed in or removed from the windowl Each link 56 ispreferably prolonged downwardly, as at 57,

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the sash vin its canted position at any height l desired with referenceto the window-frame.

At Fig. 7 the front vertical molding 61 of the stile is shown asreinforced by an anglestrip extending the entire length of the moldingand consisting of right-angle walls 62, 63, 64, and 65, which may besuitably attached to the contiguous stile-walls.

Variations may be resorted to within the scope of my invention, andportions of my improvements may be used without others.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. A sheet-metalboxwork-stile for a window-frame, consisting of back and front walls, anouter side wall and adetachable inner side wall or facing; said facingbeing formed with guideways for the sashes, and between said guidewaysbeing reflexly folded to form a deep vertical partition dividing theinterior of the stile into two compartments for the sash-weights; saidpartition forminga stifening-rib for said facing.

2. A sheet-metal boxwork-stile for a win- IOS IIO

dow-f rame, consisting of back and front walls,

vsaid facing, and also having formed therein cal stiffening-rib whichprojects inwardly from said facing and is detachable therewith anddivides the interior of the stile into two compartments for thesash-weights.

3. A sheet-metal boxwork-stile for a window-frame, consisting of backand front walls, an outer side wall and a detachable inner side wall orfacing; said facing being formed with guideways for the sashes, andbetween said guideways being provided with a deep vertical stiffeningribwhich projects inwardly from said facing and is detachable therewith anddivides the interior of the stile into two compartments for thesash-weights, said back and front walls being bent along their inneredges to form grooves,and the vertical edges of said facing being bentto form flanges which tit closely within said grooves.

4. A sheet-metal boxwork-stile for a window-frame, consisting of backand front walls` an outer side wall and a detachable inner side wall orfacing; said facing being formed with guideways for the sashes, andbetween said guideways being -reexly folded to form a deep verticalpartition dividing the interior of the stile into two compartments forthe sashweights; said facing being narrower than the stile, and theinner edges of the back and front walls being bent'toward each other tomeet vertical grooves, and the vertical edges of said facing being bentto form flanges which fit closely within said grooves.

5. A sheet-metal' boxwork window-frame comprising a pair of stiles, asill and a head; each stile consisting'of back and front walls, an outerside wall, and a detachable inner side wall or facing having guidewaysfor the sashes; said back and front walls being bent along their inneredges to form grooves, and the walls forming the sides of said groovesbeing projected through the floor of the head to form fastening-earswhich are bent over upon said floor; and the vertical edges of saidfacing being bent tok form lianges which lit closely within said groovesand also are extended upwardly to form locking-lugs which projectthrough the oor of the head between said ears.

6. A sheet-metal window-frame comprising a pair of stiles, a sill and ahead; each stile consisting of back and front walls, an outer side wall,and a detachable inner side wall or facing having guiding-grooves forthe sashes; said back and front walls being bent along their inner edgesto form grooves, the walls forming the sides of said grooves beingprojected through the floor of the head to form fastening-ears-which arebent over upon said floor, and the vertical edges of said facing beingbent to form fianges which fit closely within said grooves and also areextended upf wardly to form locking-lugs which project through the floorof the head between said ears, andy ears bent out from the bottoms ofthe facings within said grooves and secured to the sill.

7 In a window-frame, a detachable stile-facing extending in one piecefrom sill to head and provided with sash-guiding grooves and havingbetween said grooves a stifening-rib which projects inwardly from saidfacing and is detachable therewith and forms a partition for separatingthe sash-weights.

8. In a window-frame, adetachable stile-facing extending in one piecefrom sill to head and provided with sash-guiding ways and having betweensaid ways a vertical reflex bend forming an integral stiffening-ribwhich serves as a partition for separating the sash-weights.

9. In a window-frame, a detachable stile-facing extending in one piecefrom sill to head and provided with sash-guiding grooves and havingbetween said grooves a vertical refiex bend forming an integralstiifening-rib which serves as a partition for separating thesashweights, said facing having a locking projection at the top, andalso having at the bottom an outwardly bent ear within one of saidgrooves for securingv to the sill.

10. A boxwork window-frame comprising a pair of Stiles, a sill and ahead; veach stile comprising two pieces of metal, whereof one formsthree sides of the stile and is permanently joined tothe sill and head,andthe other is detachably mounted in position to form the inner side orfacing of the stile, and is provided with sash-guiding ways, said twostile-pieces interlocking with each other at their edges in such amanner that said facing may be detached, the edges of said three-sidedpiece being reilexly folded to form recesses, the edges of saiddetachable facing being bent inwardly to form anges which fit closelywithin said recesses, and said facing being formed between saidsash-guiding ways with an integral reflex inwardly projecting rib whichforms a partition for separating the sash-weights.

11 In a boxwork sheet-metal window-frame, a detachable sash-guidingstile-facing plate formed with two pairs of vertical grooves and alsoformed be tegral refiex rib for projecting into the interior of thestile and serving as a partition to separate the sash-weights.

12. In aboxwork sheet-metal window-frame, a detachable sash-guidingstile-facing provided with a midway vertical inwardly-projectingstifening-rib which extends for substantially the entire length of thefacing and is detachable therewith.

13. A boxwork sheet-metal window-frame comprising a detachablestile-facing which is formed with sash-guiding grooves and is alsoprovided with reinforcing-plates within the grooves.

14. A boxwork sheet-metal window-frame comprising a stile-facing whichAis formed with sash-guiding grooves and is also reexly IOO IIO

tween said pairs with an inbent between said grooves to form astifiening-rib which projects within the stile and forms a partition forseparating the sashweights, and a reinforcing-plate covering said reexbend, and formed with grooves which line the grooves in said facing andtake the wear of the sash-guiding members.

15. A boxwork sheet-metal window-frame each of whose stiles has formedtherein a plurality o sash-guiding grooves, and a reinforcing-strip foreach of said stiles, said strip being provided with a plurality ofgrooved portions which vfit within said grooves to take the wear of thesashes.

16. In a boxwork sheet-metal window-frame, a detachable sash-guidingstile-facing provided with a midway vertical inwardly-projectingstiEening-rib extending for substantially the entire length of thefacing; said facing reaching from sill to head and having means forattachment to both sill and head.

17. The combination with a windovwframe, of a sash therein; said sashbeing provided at each side with a 'guiding-tongue and a flexibleconnection side by side; and said windowframe being provided at eachside with a pair of grooves side by side, one for said tongue and onefor said flexible connections; and a counterbalance connected to saidflexible connection. Y

18. The combination with a window-frame, of a sash therein; said sashbeing provided at each side with a releasable guiding-tongue and aIiexible connection side by side, and being also provided with trunnionswhereby it is hung upon its flexible connections; and said window-framebeing provided at each side with a pair of grooves side by side, one forthe tongue and onefor the trunnion and its connection; andcounterbalancing means connected to the exible connections.

19. The combination withawindow-frarne of two sashes therein; saidsashes being each provided at each side with a releasableguiding-tongueand a exible connection side by side, and each sash beingalso provided with trunnions whereby it is hung upon its flexibleconnections; said window-frame comprising a sill, a head and a pair ofStiles, each of the latter having two pairs of grooves, one groove ineach pair to receive the sash-tongue, and one groove in each pair toreceive the trunnion; and counterbalancing means connected to saidfiexible connections.

20. The combination with a window-frame of two sashes therein; saidsashes being each provided at each side with a releasable guidwhich .ismounted for lateral movement, a sliding member mounted upon one of thetopand bottom bars of the sash, and a link connecting said slidingmember to said tongue.

23. A sheet-metal boxwork-sash provided upon its side with an uprightguiding-tongue which is mounted-for diagonal movement, a sliding membermounted upon one of the top and .bottom bars of the sash, and a linkconnecting said sliding member to said tongue,

and normally locking the latter in its protruded position.

24. A sheet-metal boxwork-sash provided upon its side with an uprightnormally protruding guiding-tongue which is mounted for diagonalmovement, the bottom bar of said sash being provided with an opening,asliding trap for closing said opening, anda link connecting said trap tosaid tongue.

25. A sheet-metal boXwork-sash provided upon its side with an uprightnormally protruding guiding-tongue which is mounted -for diagonalmovement, the bottom bar of said sash being provided with an opening, atrap for closing said opening, and a link connecting said trapto saidtongue; said opening being beneath the tongue, and the latter beingretractable by the opening movement of the trap and adapt-ed to protrudeat its lower end through said opening.

26. A sheet-metal boxwork-sash provided upon its side with an uprightguiding-tongue which is mounted for diagonal movement, the bottom bar ofsaid sash being provided with an opening, a sliding trap for closingsaid opening, and a link connecting said trap to said tongue; saidopening being beneath the tongue, and the latter being retractable bythe opening movement of the trap and protruding at its lower end throughsaid opening, and said link standing upright when the trap is closed andlocking the tongue in its normal position.

27. A sheet-metal boxwork-sash provided upon its side with an uprightnormally protruding guiding-tongue which is mounted for diagonalmovement, the lower bar of the sash being provided with an opening`through which the lower end of the tongue may project when it isretracted, and a trap which closes said opening and locks said tongue inits normal position.

28. A sheet-metal boXwork-sash provided IOO IIO

upon its side with an upright normally protruding guiding-tonguewhich-is mounted for diagonal movement, the lower bar of the sash beingprovided with an opening through which the lower end of the tongue mayproject when it is retracted, and a trap for closing said opening andlocking said tongue in its normal position; said trap being providedwith a finger-hold, and saidI lower bar being provided with a long slotregistering with said hold.

29. The combination with a pair of sashchains, counterbalancing weightsattached thereto, and pulleys over which said chains run, of asash andsash-prop both supported by said chains; said sash being swiveled at itspoints of connection to said chains, and being provided with retractableguiding-tongues, and said prop being capable of supporting the sash inan inclined position.

30. The combination with a sash, of a pair of counterbalancing-weights,a pair of iiexible connections, pulleys for said connections, trunnionsfor said sash, a link attached to one of said connections and having abearing for one of said trunnions, a prop pivoted to said link, andmeans for supporting theother of said trunnions upon the other of saidiiexible connections.

31. The combination with a sash, of a pair of counterbalancing-weights,a pair of iiexible connections, pulleys for said connections,

of said connections and having a bearingl for one of said trunnions, aprop pivoted to said link and depending below said trunnion, and meansfor supporting the' other of said trunnions upon the other of saidflexible connections.

33. The combination with a sash, of a pair of counterbalancing-weights,a pair of exible connections, pulleys for said connections,

trunnions for said sash, a link attached to oneof said connections andhaving a bearing for one'of said trunnions, a prop pivoted to said linkand depending below said trunnion, a series of holes in the adjoiningstile of the sash, into any of which the tip of said prop is adapted tobe inserted, and means for supporting the other of said trunnions uponthe other of said flexible connections.

34. A sheet-metal boXWork-sash provided upon each side with an uprightguiding-tongue which is mounted for diagonal movement, the bottom bar ofsaid sash being provided upon its under side with openings, one beneatheach tongue,'traps for closing said openings, and operative connectionsbetween said traps and said tongues. A

35. In a sheet-metal window, a jamb the facing of which is formed of apiece of sheet metal bent to form runways, and the edges of which areprojected laterally; lateral folds along the edges of the sheet metalwhich form the remainder of the jamb within which thelaterally-projecting edges of the facing-piece are received; an openingwhereby one end of said facing is received and held within the frame;and screws whereby the other end of the facing is detachably secured tothe frame, substantially as described.

Signed at Nos. 9 to 15 Murray street, New York, N. Y., this 29th day ofJune, 1903.

HENRY C. SMITH. Witnesses:

FRED. J. DOLE, B. C. STIGKNEY.

